Novel organisms: Comparing invasive species, GMOs, and emerging pathogens

Ambio

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 541-548

  Jeschke, Jonathan M ^a,b   Keesing, Felicia ^c   Ostfeld, Richard S ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

^c BARD COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological invasions; Ecological novelty; Emerging diseases; Genetically modified organisms; Range expanding species; Synthetic organisms

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE INCIDENCE; GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISM; INVASIVE SPECIES; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; PATHOGEN; POLICY MAKING; RANGE EXPANSION; RESEARCH WORK;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; INTRODUCED SPECIES; TRANSGENIC ORGANISM;

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; INTRODUCED SPECIES; ORGANISMS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED;

EID: 84883798730     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13280-013-0387-5     Document Type: Review

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